The Tallest Buildings In The World

World’s tallest buildings

Number 1. Burj Khalifa

 

Burj Khalifa has been the tallest building since year 2010. This building’s height measures up to 829.8 m (2722 feet). It is located in 1 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Its construction started at the 6^th of January 2004, ends at the 30^th of December 2009, and its opening date was the 4^th of January 2010. Its construction has cost about USD $ 1.5 billion. This building has 153 floors, plus additional 46 maintenance levels in the spire and 2 parking levels in the basement. Burj Khalifa also has 58 elevators. Its design architect is Adrian Smith. Burj Khalifa’s building concept was to be the centerpiece of a large-scale, mixed-use development that would include 30,000 homes, nine hotels (including The Address Downtown Dubai), 3 hectares (7.4 acres) of parkland, at least 19 residential towers, the Dubai Mall, and the 12-hectare (30-acre) man-made Burj Khalifa Lake.

Number 2. Taipei 101

Taipei 101 (Chinese: 臺北101 / 台北101), was the tallest building in year 2004 until year 2010, the year of which Burj Khalifa was opened. This building has the height of 508 m (1667 feet).  It is located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. The construction started in 1999 and ended at 2004. The cost of its construction is US$ 1.934 billion. The tower has served as an icon of modern Taiwan ever since it’s opening. Taipei 101 comprises 101 floors above ground and 5 floors underground. It also has 61 elevators including double-deck shutters and 2 high speed observatory elevators. The building was created as a symbol of the evolution of technology and Asian tradition. Taipei 101 was designed by C.Y. Lee and partners.

 Taipei 101 is designed to withstand the typhoon winds and earthquake tremors common in its area of the Asia-Pacific. Planners aimed for a structure that could withstand gale winds of 60 m/s (197 ft/s, 216 km/h or 134 mph) and the strongest earthquakes likely to occur in a 2,500 year cycle.

Number 3. Petronas Towers

 

The Petronas Towers, also known as the Petronas Twin Towers (Malay: Menara Petronas, or Menara Berkembar Petronas), are twin skyscrapers in Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They were the tallest building in the world from 1998 to 2004 and remain the tallest twin towers in the world. The buildings are a landmark of Kuala Lumpur, along with nearby Kuala Lumpur Tower. Their height is 451.9 m (1483 feet). The construction started at the 1^st of March in 1996 and ended at the 1^st of January in 1997, costing US$ 1.6 billion. It was officially opened later at the 1^st of August in 1999 by the prime minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad. They have 88 floors plus 5 more levels in the basement. This building was designed by Argentine American architect Cesar Pelli. They chose a distinctive epost modern style to create a 21st-century icon for Kuala Lumpur. 

Number 4. Willis Tower

Willis Tower or Sears Tower is located in Chichago, Illinois, United States. Its height is 442 m (1451 foot). Its construction started at 1970 and ended at 1973, 42 years ago. It has 108 floors, plus 2 extra basement levels. It also has 104 elevators with 16 double-decker elevators. This building was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. The Willis Tower was the first building to use Khan's bundled tube structure. This innovative design was structurally efficient and economic. At 1,450 feet, it provided more space and rose higher than the Empire State Building, yet cost much less per unit area. This structural system would prove highly influential in skyscraper construction. It has been used in most super tall buildings since then, including the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. To honor Khan's contributions, the Structural Engineers Association of Illinois commissioned a sculpture of him for the lobby of the Willis Tower.

Number 5. World Trade Center

 World Trade Center is located in is a partially completed complex of buildings, under construction, in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States, replacing an earlier complex of seven buildings with the same name on the same site. The original World Trade Center featured landmark twin towers, which opened on April 4, 1973, and were destroyed in the September 11 attacks of 2001, along with 7 World Trade Center. Its height is 417 m (1368 feet). The World Trade Center experienced a fire on February 13, 1975, a bombing on February 26, 1993, and a robbery on January 14, 1998.  In 1998, the Port Authority decided to privatize the World Trade Center, leasing the buildings to a private company to manage, and awarded the lease to Silverstein Properties in July 2001.